Eyeride - Head up display

[ruaphu]

Nice one gents. Would happily have something like that, especially if configurable. Let the user decide what they want to see, i.e redline indication, time, warning lights etc. re the resolution, yeah ya need to nail that aspect to make it easy to see at all times. Sort the bugs, make it diy, paten it then sell the rights to the highest bidder. Cheers


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[LubeyChain]

This project we just handed in and there are so many more things that we could add and improve on. But, I do agree with some of you when you say 'wont the HUD be more of a distraction'. One of the reasons I explored this was because my bike didn't show the time or have a digital speedo, and instead of getting one installed I wanted to see a product which you could just buy and it would give you all of the things I wanted.

If I would carry this project on I would like to look at a better display, probably projection. And even looking at implementing things like revs, oil, and NAV.

[Milts]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...st-helmet-ever

[Urano]

Here is a show-reel of a project we are developing at university. Doesn't show the prototype as much as we would like because we are still fabricating the case! Everything else works though.
Hope you enjoy.

well, good job guys...

hud display for bike helmets are around from a while,with no fortune at all actually.
my 2 cents on the reason:

1-they're all based on the refraction principle. this is perfect for helicopter's helmets, for cars and planes, but for us is a mess. the refractor is bulky on the outside and can be dangerous in case of crash. if thought to be set on the inside it will make the helmet heavier and larger, thinning the absorbent material, making it less effective, and in any case you have a compromise between large enough presentation and small enough projectors.

2-they're all "self sustained", with batteries and various communication systems. this seems cool, but at the end of the day it will only means that you have another battery level to take care about (and its weight to carry around) and another messy pairing procedure, not counting the fact that you need your phone/device to have bt/nfc/whatever always on which is bad for security and for battery draining too.


i'd best set the whole thing trough a different principle:
1- instead of projectors/refractors, let's use thin flexible transparent lcd display and stick it to the visor. transparent plastic lcd are out since '80 (i remember cool pocket calculator...) and cost nothing.this will make the whole visor a display, and at the beginning it wouldn't be necessary a huge resolution or color presentations to have an indication of the gps or stuff like that. moreover, managing a simple lcd can be done with a small and thin processor card, which wouldn't take so much space at all since it is not necessary any projection. a similar form would make it easy even to move the hud from a helmet to another

2- we've seen it within cars too. gettin'in and connecting the phone with a cable is not a huge problem, and often it'll get easier than counting on auto bt connections. beside that, the phone will even charge in the meantime. and cars have no battery problem!
i'd skip the battery at all. let's make a cable (usb better, so you can use it to connect the helmet to pc for setting and stuff): you get on the bike, connect it to the bike and done. simple like that.

[LubeyChain]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...st-helmet-ever

More than $1,000 USD... No thanks

[LubeyChain]

i'd best set the whole thing trough a different principle:
1- instead of projectors/refractors, let's use thin flexible transparent lcd display and stick it to the visor. transparent plastic lcd are out since '80 (i remember cool pocket calculator...) and cost nothing.this will make the whole visor a display, and at the beginning it wouldn't be necessary a huge resolution or color presentations to have an indication of the gps or stuff like that. moreover, managing a simple lcd can be done with a small and thin processor card, which wouldn't take so much space at all since it is not necessary any projection. a similar form would make it easy even to move the hud from a helmet to another

Yeah, actually I was looking at calculator screens. With the time constraints we had we didn't have much time to muck around and hack an LCD screen And the new bending screens cost a hand and a arm.

[Mike.Gayner]

This crap has come and gone a thousand times, and never materialised into a decent commercial product.

[Urano]

And the new bending screens cost a hand and a arm.

ya...
for this very reason i wouldn't look at the new hypertech billion colors ultraoverHD 100 times foldable displays, but i'd start from something more... naive...
http://www.amazon.com/Hanslin-LCD-Tr.../dp/B00BTTDQ6G
http://www.dorpo.com/pictures/pro_basic/DP-053H.JPG

i can't believe that factories which make those stuff would bill you a zillion to make a 2x5 cm transparent lcd.
then stick it on a visor... after all having a simple presentation with three digits for speed and three arrows (◀︎▲▶︎) for gps indication would be a nice starting point...

[Dave-]

This crap has come and gone a thousand times, and never materialised into a decent commercial product.

So has VR, but there's real competition in the entertainment market for VR.

In the next decade we're going to see a lot of these 1960-1980's scifi ideas come to real fruition as the technology required to achieve them in a practical manner becomes available and affordable.

LubeyChain, is this for your final year engineering project? I considered doing something like this as my FYP.....but went with Formula SAE instead

Do you guys have a working prototype?

Where are you guys at in terms of going to a PCB prototype?

How are you gathering information from the bike? Surely bluetooth is the end goal?

I've just finished a paper on computer vision. It got me onto thinking about the feasibility of warning the rider about pedestrians, hazards and other road users who's vectors intersected with that of the motorbike. I think the possibility exists, but we'd need some next level stereo cameras at a really low price, and the algorithm would be immense, then to do it in real time? whoa.

I'm still surprised at how archaic the modern motorcycle helmet is. Sure the materials science is better, the construction and impact attenuation have all got much better. But they're still essentially a hard shell, with some impact attenuating foam. The most radical change we've seen is probably the pop up front, or the drop down sun visor, both of which are still rubbish unless you're buying from only the best.

[imdying]

So has VR, but there's real competition in the entertainment market for VR.

Of course! Done right, there is serious consumer appetite for it. It appears similar appetite for this sort of tech exists too, not the least of which is from military applications. They have proper amounts of money to spend on R&D, so that's always good news for people looking to get into applied engineering in these fields.